Gazelle executive says resale value of the Apple iPhone is at a record high

If you watch any television at all, you've probably seen the commercial for Gazelle. This is a company that offers to buy your used handsets. Anthony Scarsella is the company's Chief Gadget Officer and every quarter he takes a look at the trends in the industry. Working for a company like Gazelle, Scarsella is uniquely qualified to discuss what is going on in the world of gadgets.

The smartphone has replaced the Apple iPod says Scarsella

According to Scarsella, the Apple iPhone's re-sale value has never been higher. You can see that from the accompany chart (below), along with the strong surge in the value of Samsung handsets. As recently as 2010, Gazelle was paying more for a broken iPhone than a perfectly good Samsung handset. But along came the Samsung Galaxy S II and by the time the Samsung Galaxy S III had launched, Samsung phones were keeping the most value of any other Android manufacturer's models, second only to Apple.

The other trend spotted by Scarsella is a huge jump of 80% in the number of Apple iPods being traded in. The Chief Gadget Officer noted how things have changed greatly since the launch of the original iPod in October of 2001. So much has changed that the executive feels that Apple's MP3 player has been replaced by the use of smartphones and tablets. According to Scarsella, this could signify the end of the Apple iPod.

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I would suspect Apple holds their value better because their phones don't change as much. The differences between the SG2, SG3, and now SG4 are pretty good. The differences between an 4 and 4S aren't that much so you can buy an older phone and not really loose features on the current model. Model 5 finally had an increase in screen size.

It probably has a lot more to do with the fact Samsung and every other Android device maker makes a lot of cheaper models that they sell alongside their flagships, and they all fit under the Android embrella. No one Android phone individually outsells the iPhone; there's tons of Android phones, it's a saturated market, and none of them get the individual attention the iPhone gets.

16.Aeires (unregistered)

I think you both have some great points. In regards to your point, it would be interesting to see specific resale value on individual phones instead of just lumping the entire OEM into one category. I'm guessing there wouldn't be too many surprises, the lower end phones have less resale value and the flagship phones would. I'm at work and Ebay is blocked but I'm sure the results would indicate this if I was able to look it up.

The thefts will decrease. Now that apple is going the cheap route maybe people will start keeping their phones in their pockets as the "I'm a someone because I have an iphone" mentality is slowly going away.

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